Cryptography Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Cryptography (Cryptology)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Cryptography skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.18% - 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £543
25th Percentile £573 - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 - £603
75th Percentile £618 - £629
90th Percentile - - £636
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £595 - £603

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Cryptography falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 438 185 403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.78% 94.87% 86.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 139 294
10th Percentile £305 £305 £279
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £666
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 27
10th Percentile £15.91 £12.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £13.63 £17.82
Median hourly rate £18.32 £15.50 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% -34.74% +137.50%
75th Percentile £29.61 £18.13 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £19.55 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.58% -24.00% +92.31%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cryptography relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Cryptography job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Cryptography
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cryptography.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Discovery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001